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  2. WOMAN'S WOLRD.

    The pressing matters of the moment are to invent methods of raising money for the Red Cross and to stimulate enlistments. The second should really ...

    Article : 2,563 words
  3. A DEAL WITH BEELZEBUB.

    Nightmares, as well as ordinary dreams, have more than once been turned to profitable use. The famous Mrs. Radcliffe, the great sensational ...

    Article : 440 words
  4. PATRIOTISM AND PROFITS.

    In the "American Farmers Review" the above subject, as affecting tho farming community, is ably dealth with. The following extract is taken from ...

    Article : 467 words
  5. NEWSPAPER STUNTS.

    Some years ago a well-known editor was desirous of obtaining some hitherto unpublished particulars about an important divorce case. ...

    Article : 639 words
  6. MESOPOTAMIA STORIES.

    Canon Parfit, of Jerusalem, who described himself as "Vicar of Mesopotamia and Rural Dean of the Garden of Eden," recently told a few ...

    Article : 152 words
  7. BIRD'S £2000 DIAMOND RING.

    To a mouse a ten-pound note is simply a piece of paper, and a bundle of twenty of them equal to an invitation to build a nest in them. That ...

    Article : 256 words
  8. SAYINGS OF THE WEEK.

    "One marriage In every eleven is childless.—G. T. Basset-Smith. "All oppressed people talk tremendously."—Mr. Arnold Bennett. ...

    Article : 143 words
  9. Unchanged.

    "You used to say you thought heaven sent me to you," she said thoughtfully, after a little family jar. "I see no reason to change my mind ...

    Article : 51 words
  10. Prepared for Anything.

    He walked in briskly, and said to the man in charge: "You are the one, I believe, who sold me my secondhand motor?" ...

    Article : 199 words
  11. Merely a Habit.

    New Maid: "There's one thing I don't like about the master. He keeps calling me 'my dear.'" Mistress: "Oh, you mustn't mind ...

    Article : 559 words
  12. RIGHT NOW.

    Now is the time to be happy, now is the hour to be glad. Now is the day to be merry and never a moment be sad; ...

    Article : 156 words
  13. PIGS MADE PAYABLE.

    At the shortest, it takes the breeder of horses seven or eight years to see the third generation of his stock, but the pig breeder can see the third ...

    Article : 145 words
  14. That's How it Works.

    While a village blacksmith toiled manfully over an old farmer's ploughshare, the owner of the share recounted at some length the ...

    Article : 351 words
  15. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    Three or four cloves added to a cup of tea will relieve headache almost immediately, Instead of boiling beetroots, roast ...

    Article : 299 words
  16. BURNING FOR 600 YEARS.

    The world's largest candle was manufactured for an Italian cathedral in accordance with an innocent prisoner's vow that when his ...

    Article : 254 words
  17. Councillor's Fine Speech.

    The local reporters of a certain provincial town, having been found fault with for their method of reporting the speeches at the council's ...

    Article : 159 words
  18. Engaged.

    "Mabel is at the beach. She writes me that she's engaged." "No! Who's the man?" "His name is Frank. As soon as ...

    Article : 34 words
  19. Well Said.

    A society lady at a dinner sat next to a distinguished French traveller, who boasted a little unduly of his nation's politeness. "We French," the ...

    Article : 143 words
  20. A True Story.

    Trent: "Have you ever noticed how long it takes servants in the suburbs to answer the door bells?" Kent: "Yes, and I heard a good ...

    Article : 158 words
  21. Discouraging a Bachelor.

    The pretty girl of the, party was Wintering the genial bachelor on his reasons for remaining single. "N[?]o, I never was exactly ...

    Article : 128 words
  22. Resigned.

    "Where have you been, Jane?" inquired the mistress. "I've been to a meeting of the Servants' Club, ma'am," was the ...

    Article : 61 words
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